BBC banking on another Swedish detective to keep ratings on the rise

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If you favour Sarah Lund over a social life, then Saturday nights in just got
a lot more appealing.

BBC Four is now offering more reasons not to go out over the weekend, thanks
to its acquisition of several more foreign crime series that stick to the
winning combination that has led to its audience figures trebling over the
past three years: subtitles and emotionally stunted detectives.

A new Swedish crime drama will be at the heart of the digital channel’s new
European acquisitions, with five two-part adaptations of novels by Jan
Arnald, the author and literary critic.

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Sofia Helin, from Sweden, stars in The Bridge

2013-04-02 00:01:00.0 Maria Ramstrom

Sofia Helin, from Sweden, stars in The Bridge

2013-04-02 00:01:00.0 Maria Ramstrom

This exclusive picture is from the second series of The Bridge (Erica Wagner writes).

Anders Landström, one of the show’s producers, laughed when asked to reveal just a little of the plot. "In the first episode, an old rusty cargo ship passes through the radar system that keeps track of all the sea traffic near the bridge," he said. "But then something strange happens: the ship crosses over the line past where it’s safe to go; no one is supposed to sail there. When people controlling the bridge’s radar call the ship there’s no answer."

It’s not much. But it’s more than you’ll get elsewhere: and you can see it in the autumn.